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My Turtle Pincushion Collection


I have been off the the grid here all week. It's not because of anything technical, its just that I have been busy doing heaven knows what. I have nothing to show for all my busyness. So I thought I would share my pincushions I have collected. "The man of the place" loves turtles and because he loves them I figure I would share in his love.  I believe in if I am to collect anything, it has to be something that is hard to find so that way I will not end up with a lot of it. I just do not have the room
Plus I hate to dust.

Here is some of my turtles,
 His head and tail bobs up and down.

I think this one is a french turtle, the hat.

Me and "the man of the place", so sweet isn't it.


This one is only 2 inches long. So cute.

I am always on the look out for more.

Till next time
Kat
=^..^=

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  1. UnknownJanuary 27, 2012 at 9:43 PM

    Oh how cute! I have never seen those before!!!

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  2. BarbJanuary 28, 2012 at 12:26 PM

    Those pincushions are just soooooooooooo adorable!

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  3. grandmarocktonJanuary 28, 2012 at 2:56 PM

    these are really CUTE!

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  4. DawnJanuary 28, 2012 at 4:26 PM

    I Love your turttles. I have the first one - 'bobbing turttle'
    There is a Lefton turttle you might need to find ;-)
    Thank you for sharing!

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  5. LVMarch 22, 2012 at 8:50 AM

    I have been around along time, but never saw a collection of turtle pin cushions. That is so neat and they do not take up a lot of space.

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  6. AnonymousMarch 22, 2012 at 11:47 AM

    What a fun collection. I may have found a new love for turtles. :) ~Kelly

    unDeniably Domestic

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  7. Missy ShayMarch 22, 2012 at 12:59 PM

    I have never seen a turtle pin cushion before! I am going to pin this to my pincushion board on Pinterest!

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  8. Sue McPeakMarch 22, 2012 at 1:08 PM

    What a neat collection of pincushions. Turtles are a popular subject for so many things...I'm not surprised to see them as pin cushions. I'll be watching for them now, too!

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  9. Saturday SadieMarch 23, 2012 at 3:22 AM

    Aww! What a great collection!

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  10. c. JoyMarch 23, 2012 at 5:52 AM

    Who knew? I've never noticed turtles before (I'm a frog person) - cute collection. I agree about the dusting thing.

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  11. RoslynMarch 23, 2012 at 5:36 PM

    I can imagine these are hard to find! My favorite is the one made from the beautiful shell-I have some of these my Dad brought back to Aus. from New Guinea after WW2.

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